Posts tagged religious tolerance
What Responsibility Do Journalists Have When Covering Incendiary Wars About Religion And Culture?
What Responsibility Do Journalists Have When Covering Incendiary Wars About Religion And Culture?

(OPINION) Americans have seen how ugly culture wars can become when electoral politics are caught in its talons. Witness the vitriol that dominates the news out of Washington and various state capitals these days. The situation in India — the world’s largest Hindu-majority nation with the third-largest Muslim population after Indonesia and Pakistan — is arguably even worse.

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Opinion, North AmericaIra RifkinCulture wars, religious traditionalist, social progressive, international, religious-political, India, hindu, muslims, THE WASHINGTON POST, Journalism, James Davison hunter, gender and sexuality, religious tolerance, immigration, Ira rifkin, Ira RifkinComment
Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Promotes Harmony Among the Children of Abraham
Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Promotes Harmony Among the Children of Abraham

(OPINION) Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs wants to model a way of being a faithful and zealous Muslim that is consistent with Indonesia’s tradition of tolerance and pluralism. Their work is especially important at a time when Indonesia is experiencing a rise in religious extremism and intolerance.

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Asia, OpinionDr. Robert CarleRobert Carle, Indonesia, Indonesian Muslims, Leimena Institute, Jakarta, Abrahamic religions, religious family, promoting peace, interfaith, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, religious toleranceComment